THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT-
July 12, 1900. A
Fesisa Stats Ccnusticns
'Continued trum page L)
Wltfs tLa convection vu called to
cedar gai& it didn't cosne f or several
cJdu1. for kltLoyjjti moat of the dele
gate rr in the tali, the continued to
tul around and talk. TL tirt busi
t dM-e u the pjusge of s resoJu
toc that tii democrat could Lave any
Ut oSi? , i&at ibey cliOK except that
of gorenor and a coasniiie u wDt
orer to inform tbea of that fact.
A taoU'ja was caada to proceed to the
cossitati'o ci governor, lrut the ch&ir
is.furu-.ed the ecjevectioa that under tlje
rule the first order of bu&inei vaa the
&&xiratx?n of elector. A whole basket
ful of tuorJoa followed tnia announce
taect and Ue final dcika waa that the
nassingr c-f eksctcr ahould be referred to
the tjktm ese&Lrai eotntiiitt with power
to act, ao that the elector could be ca.Ua
f actor! r ditrbutd orer the atate.
That ci-jnt-d with a w hoop.
The coctacatioa for Eoveraor came tip.
No es&atin,rpcLe were made and
a informal bikt vti taken, the result
of which waa that keroor Poynter rr
ceired 14 4 rotea. Judge Wetover. 51 i;
Yeier. 101 i: Georze Abbott. 3); Can.
ada. 12; Porter, 2; and General Vil
li uain L
The ru!t waa receired with a round
of chr. TL chair ieoeniied John
O. Yr who aaeecdiag' the platform,
made a teat peech ard moved to make
the noesitatiao of Poynier unanimous,
lie aid that during hi whole canvas
he had c-eTer heard a hard word aaid
ajri&t himelf-"-Jodire Westover said
he had sot been a candidate and he sup- j
ptd the vote eat for him had not
Lees a candidate and he supposed that j
1 Kj rjT- r-k'.l far Lim Lad bn -t bv 1
prrtl friend oat of a personal regard I tetvL Through the branches at our
for hissJf. j right -waa the glimmer of a lake where
Geo. Abbott alo gave the ticket a nd Tommle paid we might loaf comfort
o?, after whkh the motion to make j ably for an hour with our pipes. So
Poynter nomination unanimous wa i we left our steeds by the roadside and
ped with a whoop and a jeiL In an- went j0WII ty that shore, stretching
JVoter md fchort I ouraelves out for comfortable contem
addres accepting the nomination. ! i , ,,
To make lie le feat complet. Mr.!110 A ho"r "ust have I,assed
Harrington came forward and reported i whfa Tommle gripped my arm.
that the democratic convention had ac- Look. Hetoher-there In the road."
cepted the proposition that he w dele- I followed bia eye and eaw by our
gated to carry to them and had selected ? wheels a bit of sunlight on her face
the oSre of attorney general. The con- a most charming young woman who
Tentioo then took a recs until 1 p. m. j waa gowned In one of those walking
The Urvt thicg that waa dose after costumes that are now the most ad
dicaer was to kick over the arrange- j dibble aclueTements of the modiste,
ment that tad been mada in regard to f A-. i .... K
the refection of electors by the central j f.b J" "d bl?d nd
coamiue. and appoint a committee;1 w" mflIn to herself and looking
on conference to arrange the matter our wbeels orer- One she raised and
with the other tartie. Mr. Ifarinsrton f before we even fancied it-was in
reported that the democratic convention ?
had nosuested Mr. Oldham for attor
wy Cetera! The populiet convention
proedJ forthwith toalo nominate him
by acclamation. The Mirer republicans
eot word that they had done likewise.
There wera loud calls for Oldham ana
he rsade a very neat little speech which
wa veil received.
The nsjmu-aikm of secretary of state
was declared the next thing in order,
Ucder the rules, nomination speeches
were not allowed and an informal ballot
was taken by call of counties. When the
coonti were called the followins gentle
ex n were voted for. namely, Svoboda,
Allo.' Patnos. Wener, Edwards,
Isindai. and Webber. All of lhm re
ceived more or les rotes, but by the
time the roll call waa completed it was I And he, too, was around the curve on
sren that isvoboda was far in the lead my wheel, leaving me. laughing and
and the counties that had not voted for mourning. Hut In fire minutes he was
him fw-gaa to change. Before all the back, hot and Irritable,
charges wer recorded a motion was! There are three forts of the road
Some whereabout this time some del-1 Jnr ,ack-
egmte prcj-ed to nominate E. A. Gil-1 "lt'B enough." said he. "I can't
Lert for lieutenant governor, but another! Afford another wheel this year."
debate thought they ought to wait to "1 think," Ft Id I, "that she's just
Lear from the feUrer republicans. The ! playing a trick.
ttu;$ a"tiit ia five seconds 1 "it's rather near a theft," said Tom-
Mr. G 6rt was declared the nominee J m!e. - "Confound you. It wasn't your
for thstoSos b the j-opulit conven-1 machine r
When the cat! of counties on state L Z??T aaia ' UhtlD Ktte.
treasurer had proceeded for me time ed btter walk . on. She's gone,
it appeared that no tne was coctesticg Tne whe?l to welly perhaps it's pawn
the Ecsninatks of Mr. Howard and be I d by this time." t
wscotipeioectJy declared the nominee! "You think you're funny" quoth
for that oflce by common connt. j Tommle. "Hide on. and I'll walk."
Thecal then proceeded for auditor "No." said I: "we'll both walk. But
and the fouowicg foted ,he wa8 ta infernally pretty"-
io-
Uc, Parr and on or two others whose
na&es could not be got hold of in the
universal uproar, liefore the call was
through, as in other eaes, it was evident
that Mr. GrWs was far in the lead and
the counties began to change to him.
The result of it was that he too was
cocuinated by acclamation.
The norsination of Commissioner of
public lands and buildings was next in
order. Oa the informal ballot the vote
Then they began changing their votes.
AH of the men who voted for Kent
stood by him except nine, but so many
west oter to Cary that a motion to make
his nomtcAtioa enazumous carried.
The eomoittee appointed to select the
preldectial electors reported and their
report was adopted. Ihe names will be
found ia the ticket.
Tb greatest excitement of the whole
convention occurred over the nomina
tkm of superintendent of public instruc
tion. The candidates were so numer
ous that it was hard for the secretaries
to kp account of them. On the in- j
formal ballot Beck and Martindale were f
is the lead. The greatest confusion pre
vailed and Senator Alien appealed in
vaia for order. - ' -
As a last resort he declared that the
contention was adjourned for ten min
ute. A fortaal ballot was neceary and
they were stiil balloting when the Inde
pendent was forced to closa up the forms
and go to pre.
X-ater IJeck was nominated.
Am Is-arat Oaf.
The "Taut h Why should victory al
wat t represented bra female figure?
The Eg You i!vtt see the appro
pria"r.rMi now, but you haven't mar
ried ytv Irdiatapoli Journal.
T 0!r AHrallv.
Tu svrrv, madam, but we can't ex-
rbEfe tboe goois."
Bat my fctttbacd doe sot like them."
-Why don't you eschar ge your hus
baxd ? Town Topics.
!! Fsltfc.
rra Do 300 lake this man for
belter or for worse?
Bride lie eouldc't be better than be
is, ar.d Irn sere he won't be worv i.
T. JertaL
Hood, H. J. Kent, P. J. Cary, 337;
W. F. Wright, W; W. A. Wagner, 83;
Nels Andersen, 110; Mr. Straai, 51, and
J. V. Wolfe, 8-
The Lady Of
The Road,
By CLIHTOB E0S3. ' . ' '
- lOcpyrrhl. 1900, by Clinton Rom -TTe
dfacussed It many times after the
weary day waa over and the morrow
promised but another a weary. We
saw before us vacation nnd Arcadia.
Tommle said you could find It . on a
wheel, and finaly be persuaded me.
My persuaaiou was complete the third
day out. To be sure, we had not yet
foatid Arcadia, but we had the flavor
of rose good health already and were
hopeful that when we leasfexpected
It we should cross the boundary. The
road bad gained our spirt ts. We knew
already why gypsies persist In the gyp
aylcg; why the most entertaining . pages
In VTlheIm Melster" and in "Kenelin
Chillingly are those where the he
roes take the road "over the hills and
far away f why "Prince Otto" is the
most delightful of Stevenson's stories
and "Walking Tours" the most ex
quisite of his essays, although I hare
not heard that he rode a wheel. We
recalled that the real charm of Pick
wick was In coaching and the tooting
of horns and that- Dick Turpin was
more hero than scamp.
And so. feeling fit and our hearts at
tuned to simple, natural things, we
rode Into that bosky wood which was
to be the scene of our first misadven
ture. The road was smooth and prom-
the aaddle as easily as any boy and
tearing around n curve and out of our
ken.
"Well. Ill be hangedr said.Tommle,
"I hope sheH bring it back," said I.
"Particularly as it's my wheel, said
Tommle. But In the road we could see
no trace of her. She had vanished.
"Get on your i and catch her," said
Tommle. -
" "Oh. shell bring it back. She
wasn't ' ,
"Yes, she was
A gentleman of the road?
"No; a lady. Times have changed,
aaid Tommle ruefully, "Well, I'm aftr
er er etc-"
"Thief.".
"Now, Tommle,
you don't know
that, said I.
"Well," said he. "haven't I the evi
dences of my senses?"
"They sometimes lie," said 1, for I
aiw be was not pleased. It wasn't my
wheel, and of course I could philoso
phize more easily than he. We took
the most bopful turn at the three
roads, since our map refused to be ex
plicit, and presently we came on a rus
tic In boots.
"Did you see a woman riding a man's
wbeelT ,
"I swan, raid the rustic.
"I should remark," said Tommie,
"She stole my wheel."
"You don't say," said the rustic
"Where does this road lead?"
"Nowhere," said the rustic
"Don't you live here?" asked Tom
mle "Since 1 was born, golly," said the
rustic
"Then where the deuce will this road
Dring us to?" I asked Impatiently.
"That depends on where yer goin,"
remarked the rustic practically.
"Oh. LordT said Tommle. "I've a no
tion to pound this fool!"
I The rustic looked frightened and re
treated a step. "
"We want to go. anywhere to find
the stolen wheel." said I.
"This 'ere road goes to Arcadia,"
said the rustic
A female Dick Turpin! , "Arcadia!
We opened our eyes.
"It's a queer name that Merivale
rails his place." said the rustic." "It's
round that thar turn."
We left him. despairful of getting
anything more lucid from him, but it
appeared that at least we had reached
Arcadia. I began to laugh, when Tom
mie said irritably, "Shut up!"
. About the turn we came on a road
leading frcm, ours between high gate
posts, and there on a. grassy bank was
our lady of the rocd. 1 stepped back
embarrassed. She was laughing to
herself. Yes. she was undeniably pret
ty. And as we paused she began to
sing In a voice that probably was not
a good one by common standard, but
here In the wood, singing to herself. It
seemed singularly delightful. I clutch
ed Tommle and held him back.
"Sing- no owe duties, sing- no mors
Of dumps so dull and hery;
The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leafy."
"And of women," said Tommle,"' step
ping, forward, cap in hand. At least
he remembered so much of his man
ners. The singer started and drew
herself up.
"Sir!" she said, like the affronted
lady in the plaj ;
"I beg your pardon," said Tommle.
That was a very pretty song."
'What is that to you, sir? It's
Shakespeare."
"You'll excuse me," said Tommle,
"but we have had a mishap. My wheel
has been stolen."
"Stolen!" she cried, in a crimson
glow, and - then in a tone that went
despairful. "Down by the lake?"
"Yes, down by the lake," said the
malicious. Tommle.
"Oh!" she cried,
plain? "There it is.
Fred's. I thought
"How can I ex
I thought it waa
Fred and Harry
leit them there."
"It's no matter," said I.
'I'm sorry.
It was a natural mistake."
She looked at me with a world of
thanks in the blue eyes. Did I tell
you before they were blue? Tommle
calmly walked to his wheel.
I am glad you did it," he said, "be
cause It has given me a chance to
know you."
"You're atrocious," she said and
turned and fled up the road behind the
gateway.
"Tommle," said I, "you're a cad."
Tommle leaned on his wheel, laughed
and whistled.
"Wasn't she Jolly?' he said. "I'm go
ing to follow."
"You are not going to do anything of
the kind," I cried. But he always is
stubborn, and It ended by me follow
ing him.
The road led from the wood into a
broad, sunny lawn which was domi
nated by a great stone house, where a
man was just stepping into a high dog
curt. "Why," said Tommie, "ifs Harry
Wharton."
At the moment Wharton . saw us.
"Well, I declare!" he cried, coming for
ward. "She didn't lie after all," said Tom
mle. "He Is the Harry of the 'Fred
aad Harry' probably."
"Did you think she did?" I cried
fiercely; but Tommie was explaining
to Wharton that we had lost our way,
and Wharton was insisting on the hos
pitality of the Merivale house, which
he had rented for the summer, he ex
plained, and Tommie was accepting,
while I stood speechless. At the mo
ment our lady of the road came out of
the house and blushed at the sight of
us and looked as if she wanted nothing
eo much as to take to her heels, which
were very pretty heels, I must assure
you, topped by a delicious ankle. , Whar
ton presented us. "Miss Rose Burton,"
Tommie had the audacity to say,
"we've met before."
"You haver' said Wharton.
- "I don't remember," said she, giving
Tommie a glance that would have
troubled me, but only seemed to de
light him. But she rewarded me by
turning to me and extending her hand
and saying In a low voice, "I don't see
why your friend is so odious about that
mistake."
"I don't know, I'm" sure," I said.
Mrs. Wharton just then appeared, and
I had Jher I don't mean Mrs. Wharton
quite to myself, an opportunity I
tried to deserve. I began to believe
that Arcadia was all the poets have
claimed for it. I told her that I knew
It was a mistake from the first, and, to
le frank, I didn't try very hard to de-
On a grassy bank was our lady of the
road.
fend Tommie's churlishness. I said
he had rather startled me when I saw
her mount Tommie's wheel like
"Like a boy," she interposed.
"Oh. I don't know," said I.
"How Harry and Fred"
"And Fred." 1 said, beginning to sus
pect every man.
"Oh, he's my brother. How they'd
laugh. I was going to say. But a joke
is with him who laughs last with your
friend," I think.
"He thought you Dick Turpin dis
guised," I said, trying. I'll confess, to
make his case a bit worse.
"He might have known," she said as
If much provoked.
"Yes, he might," I assented.
Yet, In strict fairness, I felt, called
on to let him know my perfidy, and
that night, as we sat smoking and re-,
viewing the day's adventures, I said:
"She thinks you insufferable, Tom
mie." "She told you that already T
"Why, yes." I replied, with rather a
self conscious air.
"I say. Fletch, I believe there'll be
more fun in this house than on the
road. I don't believe that we can have
another adventure like"
Do
you want another?"
"She's an amusing girl," said Tom
mie inconsequently. .
"Yes, she is," I agreed. "But you
see you've offended her."
"And you haven't."
"Oh, I don't know. I said from the
first you would get your wheel back"
. "And you told her that and that I In
sisted she was a thief."
"Well, yes," I admitted guiltily, "I
believe I did."
"And you think she'll like you any
better for running me down?" he ask
ed as sarcastically as he could.
"Who said 1 wanted her to like me?"
"Your manner, you conceited ass!"
You're the conceited ass, Tommie,
for you think you've made an impres
sion." "Well, now that you mention it, I
hope I may have."
"And that 1 haven't."
"Well, yes," Tommie answered hon
estly, f ;'; -
"You think , you can by being disa
greeable , . - .
"Jjook 'here, Fletch. Let's solve for
ourselves that mooted question. Which
way will make the most impression on
a . girl like that flattery or brutal
frankness?".
"We may break her heart," saldI,
resolved that, of us two 1, not he, should
do the breakage. "
"I think she'll look out for that,"
Tommie said. -
"Or she may break ours," I com
mented. "We'll risk that," said Tommle.
"We may -end by disliking each oth
er," I went on;
"Oh, if I lose I'll not hold It against
your" said Tommy.
"But I may against you," 1 said.
'Such a tomboy sort of a girl, too!"
said Tommie.
"I think . you wrong her. I have
found some fine qualities"
"Oh, you have! :WelL, youtw a quick
one," he retorted.
Those dear people who formerly liv
ed in Arcadia successfully eliminated
pain and jealousy and rivalry at least,
judging from their own accounts. They
doubtless lied a bit about it, for In my
own experience I am bound to say that
there may be drawbacks even to Ar
cadia. My consciousness of a flaw In
the place began when I saw that Tom
mie was absorbing rather too much of
her attention. I felt at first that she
was but leading him on, ants then I be
gan to have -some grave suspicions,
which, in 'the light of subsequent expe
rience, may indeed have been founded
on mere jealousy. Yes, I will say I
was jealous." I thought in beginning
this veracious account that v I might
well leave the solution ungiven, like
the famous 'riddle of the lady and the
tiger-. Of bur-two systems of, tactics,
whichvwas the more likely to win with
a girl like ttbsePBurton? If Tommie at
times had tlTe,toetter, 'there were other
days when irseemed to be more in her
favor. One;ll accused him of using
my flatteries; of hot playing fair, when
he retorted that I had known him long
enough to trust him.
"You never can trust even your best
friend when -there's a woman In the
case." "
"Fletcher, said Tommie gravely at
this, "that ancient saying is gospel
truth." !
From that moment I felt that it was
not a fair test case, but, indeed. 1 bad
ended by not caring a fig about the
test. I just wanted to win.
Now, one day the climax of the situ
ation 'was reached in this wise: I heard
she had gone wheeling by herself.
That, of course, was a chance. I pre
pared to follow, when who should ap
pear but Tommie.
"Which way?" he asked.
"I was thinking'of following hem"
"So was I.", he said.
"It's ridiculous for us both to follow
her." I observed.
"Yes, it is, but I'm not inclined to
turn back, for"
"Nor I," said Tommle quietly. "It's
fair to leave it to the wheels. The one
who overtakes her first"
"All right.". 1 said.
And then began that contest which a
certain Tartar tribe conducts more rt u
ularly a chase for a lady. Up and
down hill we scorched; now I before,,
now Tommie. But it was oftener Tom
mie before than I. He drew away from
me until in sheer spite at my luck and
him 1 gave it up. dismounted and wan
dered drearily enough into the wood
and threw myself uown and then fell
to laughing when 1 heard voices hers
and Tommie's. I declare 1 couldn't
avoid hearing them.
"Ah. 1 have been chasing a thief r
he was saying.
"Will you never stop teasing me?"
cried. That remark seemed to show
that he had been playing fair after alL
"Will you keep my heart, which you
stole"-
"That's a very silly speech." she said.
I i thought so, too. "Besides, it was a
wheel." she added.
"No; it was the other essential to a
man's comfort."
"Well, If you'll have it so," she said.
As for me, 1 turned away. They
didn't notice me. . In the evening I ven
tured to say to her:
"Ah, I've been congratulating Tom
mie!" - .,
"He told you?" she said, turning red.
"Ah. yes!'! I fibbed. "You know, I
thought you thought him well rather
disagreeable.", ,
"I did at first. But you know I be
lieve that was the reason Iithought so
much about him" that" She paused
In confusion.
Then , it's true that , you can make
more of an Impression on a girl by be
ing disagreeable to her than by flatter
ing her?"
"Oh. I don't know." she said.
I don't believe she did.
Now, don't think that I am still nurs
ing a broken heart. I am too old a
bachelor not to know there art many
good fish in the sea. ' .
. "Like getting your wheel stolen.
The room was dingy and but poorly
lighted. Around the long table in its cen
ter were gathered the conspirators the
men who had sworn to kill the czar.
The clock struck S as the president rose
to speak.
."Brothers," he began, "we hive all
sworn the same sacred vows, we have
all stood the severe tests of our order1
we can all be trusted. It becomes my
duty, therefore, to speak out. Our days
of plotting are passed; the time for ac
tion has come. At last we shall strike a
decisive blow for liberty.
The noise of a scuffle in the hall out
side the door interrupted him. Several
of the men who sat about the table
sprang to their feet, the door burst open,
and an officer, followed by a squad of sol
diers, rushed into the room. In an in
stant every one of the conspirators was
covered by a rifle.
"You are my prisoners!" said the of
ficer cortly.
. "By what right?" exclaimed the pres
ident. He alone seemed cool; the rest
6tood as though paralyzed. Ignoring the
president, the officer glanced at the others.-
"Line up against the wall!" he ordered.
Silently they obeyed him, powerless to
resist.. The soldiers raised their guns and
aimed them at the defenseless breasts of
the prisoners.
Again the president spoke.
What do you mean to do?" he cried."
"To execute you at once," returned the
officer coldly. Then to the soldiers, "Take
aim! Fi"
"Stop!"
The cry rang out loud and clear in the
deadly stillness of the room, and the spy
sprang forward from where he stood
against the wail.
"Get. back!" said the officer sternly, but
the spy continued to advance. His cold
ness, his impassiveness, had disappeared.
His face was yellow with fear; his teeth
chattered.
"You must not shoot me!" he shrieked.
"I am of yourself! It was I who inform
ed against these men! If you kill me, it
will be murder!" He groveled on the
floor at the olncer's feet.
The doomed men looked at the miser
able wretch with bitter contempt, while
in the president's eyes there was some
thing that looked like triumph.
"An agent of the police!" said the offi
cer doubtfully. "You have your creden
tials?" "Yes, yes!" screamed the wretch, tear
ing a piece of paper from his pocket and
handing it to the officer "It is there it
is there!"
The soldiers, , dropping their rifles,
sprang upon him and bound him hand
and foot.
"Brothers, said the president to the
amazed men who still stood against the
wall, "brothers, in a great cause like ours
we cannot be too careful. This little
scene was devised to discover what trai
tors we had among us. It has succeeded.
You who have proved faithful are quite
safe."
The men looked at him as though they
could scarcely credit their senses. Then
one or two began to sob, and one man
laughed.
"And this spy ?" he questioned.
A fierce murmur ran round the room.
"Kid him! Kill him!" they shouted.
The president raised his hand.
."Stop!" he cried. "The man is mine
mine to punish sts I fit. Leave him to
me. . You will: accompany our brother
Vassoloff" indicating the pseudo officer
"to a place of refuge. From our friend's
admission we are no longer safe here."
The conspirators turned and silently
went out.
- Then the president was alone with the
spy. He stood looking at him for a mo
ment, a cruel smile on his white bearded
face. Presently he took from his pocket
a long'fuse, placed one end in the powder
keg and wound the other about one of
the tallow candles an inch from the burn
ing wick. Then he placed the candle in
front of the spy's face, where he could
almost touch it and, turning, went to the
door." At the threshold he paused.
"Your fate will be a lesson to your fel
low spies," he said, and was gone. The
spy heard his steps as he went down the
passage. He counted them till they died
away in the awful silence of the night.
Then he looked at the candle. How long
would it take an inch of tallow to burn?
The police would not come till 9. He
looked at the clock. Twenty minutes
past 8. Could that inch of tallow last 40
minutes? If it should not, would being
blown up be so painful?
lie looked at the candle again. It
seemed to melt away before his eager
gaze. He tried to shriek, but could not.
He became unconscious.
He opeped his eyes. The darkness of
the room frightened him, and he tried to
call his mother. The gag was still in his
mouth, and, like a flash, the whole dread
ful, sickening truth came back to him.
The hands of the clock pointed to 20
minutes before 9, and the candle was
more than half burned.
Again he looked at the clock. vTen
minutes to 9. The candle seemed to burn
lower. Would the police come in time?
He strained his ears to hear their com
ing, but there was no sound.
It was five minutes to 9. He tried to
pray. .At last he could hear the soldiers
approaching, but the clock was striking
9. A knock on the door, and the flame
had touched the fuse. He watched the
spark as it crept, like a snake, across
the floor, nearer, nearer, to the keg. He
tried to scream. The sound of a door be
ing broken open! The footsteps of men
on the passage, outside the door, but the
spark had reached the keg. A flash!
A second later, when the soldiers en
tered, they saw a sight that frighten id
even them. A dead man, bound and
gagged, lay upon the floor. His face was
green with terror,"- his hair snow white
and his eyes red, staring and protruding.
On the floor was the black mark where
the fuse had burned, and in one corner
was a powder keg. empty! The spy had
died of fright Answers.
"Talked Down To."
To one who wishes to help the unfortu
nate a knowledge of human nature is as
necessary as the good will. Well mean
ing but tactless persons often underrate
the intelligence of those whom they seek
to help and allow their intercourse to be
marred by an atmosphere of patronage
and condescension.
An inmate of a New York tenement
house recently said to a woman whose
life has been devoted to good deeds: "1
never had a chance to learn much, but 1
don't like to be treated as if I hadn't
any understanding. I know good lan
guage from poor, and I'd rather hear
words that sound educated, even if I
don't exactly know what they mean,
than to be talked down to as if I was a
baby." Youth's Companion.
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Ex-Senator Hill's Speech
The Hill rooters from New York kept
up a racket all the time the seconding
speeches were being made. Hill, as
they knew was down on the program
for a speech when New York should be
reached, but the rooters kept up such a
howling, the chairman finally concluded
to call him out of the regular order.
Hill made a complete surrender, an un
conditional surrender and walke'd into
the democratic camp without even his
side arms. Of course the rooters creat
ed all the noise they could while he was
speaking. The following were some of
the things tnat he said:
'Mr. Bryan's nomination is already
made in the hearts and the affections of
the American people."
"I doubted the propriety of certain
features of the programme but the wis
dom of the convention has decreed
otherwise and I acquiesce cheerfully."
"What we need is an old-fashioned,
rousing democratic victory this year." -
"In behalf of the democratic masses of
the state of New York for whom I as
sume to speak on this occasion," he said,
"I second the nomination which has
been made from the state of Nebraska.
"William Jennings Bryan does not be
long to Nebraska alone; he belongs to
the north and soutn, to tne east and the
west: he belongs to the whole country
at large. (Renewed applause and cheer
ing.) It is a nomination already made
in the hearts and affections of the Amer
ican people. From tne closing of polls
four years ago until this very hour there
never was a possioiniy or any omer
nomination being made. He will not
only have the support of his party a
united party
"I. as you well know, was one of those
who in good faith doubted the wisdom
of some portions of the platform, doubt
ed the propriety of going into details on
certain portions of our financial policy,
. . .1 1 t aL! .1 I.
DUC tne Wisaom oi uus cuaveuuuu ii.ua
determined otherwise, and I acquiesce
cheerfully inthe decision. (Loud ap
plause and cries, "Hurrah for Jtiin," and
"Bryan and Hill.")
"I am here to say, further that the
platform that has been read is worthy
of the vote and approval of every man
who claims to be a democrat in this
country.
"What we need is an old-fashioned
rousing democratic victory throughout
this land. That will mean a restoration
of the currency of our fathers. That
will mean home rule for states. That
will mean popular government restored.
That will mean the supremacy of equal
laws throughout the country, and in
this great result which we hope to
achieve I am here to say simply in con
clusion New York expects to join with
you with her thirty -six electoral votes."
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Jnlv 8. 9. 10 and 18. and Auerust 2. at
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